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The Princess Diaries [Mass Market Paperback]

Meg Cabot (Author)
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Publication Date: Jun 14 2001 | Series: Princess Diaries (Quality) (Book 1)
She's just a New York City girl living with her artist mom...

News Flash: Dad is prince of Genovia. (So that's why a limo meets her at the airport!)

Downer: Dad can't have any more kids. (So no heir to the throne.)

Shock of the Century: Like it or not, Mia Thermopolis is prime princess material.

Mia must take princess lessons from her dreaded grandmére, the dowager princess of Genovia, who thinks Mia has a thing or two to learn before she steps up to the throne.

Well, her father can lecture her until he's royal-blue in the face about her princessly duty -- no way is she moving to Genovia and leaving Manhattan behind. But what's a girl to do when her name is Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo?

2001 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers (ALA), Books for the Teen Age 2001 (NYPL) and 2001 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)

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Mia Thermopolis is your average urban ninth grader. Even though she lives in Greenwich Village with a single mom who is a semifamous painter, Mia still puts on her Doc Martens one at a time, and the most exciting things she ever dreams about are smacking lips with sexy senior Josh Richter, "six feet of unadulterated hotness," and passing Algebra I. Then Mia's dad comes to town, and drops a major bomb. Turns out he's not just a European politician as he's always lead her to believe, but actually the prince of a small country! And Mia, his only heir, is now considered the crown princess of Genovia! She doesn't even know how to begin to cope: "I am so NOT a princess.... You never saw anyone who looked less like a princess than I do. I mean, I have really bad hair... and... a really big mouth and no breasts and feet that look like skis." And if this news wasn't bad enough, Mia's mom has started dating her algebra teacher, the paparazzi is showing up at school, and she's in a huge fight with her best friend, Lilly. How much more can this reluctant Cinderella handle?

Offbeat Mia will automatically win the heart of every teenage girl who's ever just wanted to fit in with as little fuss as possible. Debut author Meg Cabot's writing is silly and entertaining, with tons of pop culture references that will make teens feel right at home within her pages. This is a wonderfully wacky read. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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A teenager living in modern-day Greenwich Village in New York City discovers that she is now the heir apparent to the throne in a European country, in this novel, soon to be a motion picture starring Julie Andrews. Ages 12-up.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Princess you can relate to July 10 2004
By Aleesha Coke
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I'm an adult and I simply adored this book! Cabot has the teen voice down pat, plus she doesn't sugar-coat the real issues and situations that face high school girls today. I think Mia is a great, solid female character that will have girls of all ages relating to her in some way or another. A word of caution, though: don't expect to find the Disney movie in this book! This "Princess" is nowhere near the screen version. And while I'm a fan of the movie as well, the differences between the two make the book all the more refreshing. Mia is a complete contradiciton: she is what every girl wants to be, yet at the same time she already is every girl. Yes, she tends to whine a little too much, but what fourteen-year-old girl doesn't? "Diaries", though filled with pop references that will likely become obsolete (even now, four years later, how many girls go gooey-eyed for Leonardo anymore?), will no doubt be read for many years on down the line. Reading this series is like making a new best friend!
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a gem July 18 2004
By Jenn
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have all the princess diary books! They are great! Mia has to deal with stuff everyone goes through like: being picked on by the cheer leaders, having no breasts a parents divorce and being pushed to hard. At first when I saw this book I doubted I would like it, I thought it might be a book about a perfect princess who I can not relate to in the least. But when I read a few pages I knew it was worth the money!
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5.0 out of 5 stars First in the series... July 18 2004
By Adele
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I really enjoyed this book. After seeing the Princess Diaries movie, I thought I should read the book. It was not like the movie, but in a pleasant way. This book is great; funny and touching. Minus the fact that Mia is a princess, I found myself relating to Mia on a fair number of levels.

This is the story about a young teenage girl who finds out that her father is a prince, making her a princess. At first, she's shocked and upset. Then she has to put up with princess lessons from her grandmother on her father's side, whom of which, she's not very close with.

Great beginning to a great series.

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5.0 out of 5 stars GREATEST Book ever
Great book. Finally there is a good princess book. It is a long read but worth it, so very much worth it. Mia is a normal girl who has no clue she is heir to the Genovian throne. Read more
Published on July 4 2004 by "moneybagz777"
1.0 out of 5 stars A real princess could spot this rotten pea on her bookshelf
This book earned its one star because of the humor in it. Much of it was unintentional however.

I am amazed this book is in print. Read more

Published on Jun 18 2004 by Vanessa
5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!
The entire Princess Diaries is fabulous. I read these books in a day or a day and a half, and I am not a big reader. I just got the 5th one and am in the middle of readng it. Read more
Published on May 24 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars A really good book
I thought this book was very good. It's funny and entertaining enough that you always want to keep reading! Read more
Published on May 20 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Books!!!
After seeing the movie, The Princess Diaries, and hearing that they were based on a book i right away went out and bought the books. Read more
Published on May 18 2004 by Allison
5.0 out of 5 stars A Princess?!?!?!?
Mia Thermopolis is your average ninth grader with your average every day schedule: get up, go to school, dream about hot senior (who happens to be Josh Richter), fail algebra, and... Read more
Published on May 8 2004 by Clara Aliapoulios
4.0 out of 5 stars The Princess Diaires
I enjoyed the book The Princess Diaries because it was very intresting and fun to read. I starting the Princess in the Spotlight and I hope it's as good as the Princess Diaries. Read more
Published on May 7 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars Princess For Life!!
The Princess Diaries, written by Meg Cabot, is about a girl named Mia Thermopolis who lives in New York City with her mother. Read more
Published on April 22 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Response to literature
In The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot, Mia Thermopolis is a regular girl. She is a freshman at Albert Einstein High School in New York City. Read more
Published on April 19 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars FAN-TAS-TIC BOOK
This is an amazing book. Meg Cabot is my favorite author of all time. I saw the movie, the princess diaries, and it dissapointed me especially because i already read the book... Read more
Published on April 13 2004 by jen
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